National Theatre Live: Hansard

An usherette in a theatre, where a distinguished and popular actor performs, gets her big break when the leading actress has an accident. The...

A timeless Bengali classic, this drama explores the history of mankind - fights, riots, wars, death, destruction, exploitation, molestation. Through...

Born into poverty and misfortune, Oliver Twist escapes the workhouse for a life of adventure where he joins Artful Dodger, Fagin, and their...

A 2010 broadcast of Hamlet returns to cinemas as part of the NT's 50th anniversary celebrations. Following his celebrated performances at the...

An aging salesman is fired from his job after a long career in it. Broken, without much to look forward to, he tries reconnecting with his wife and...

One summer's evening, two ageing writers, Hirst and Spooner, meet in a Hampstead pub and continue their drinking into the night at Hirst's stately...

An actress rehearses behind closed doors scenes from the trial of Joan of Arc, confronted with the view that spectators have character.

Set against the backdrop of post-war Britain, John Osborneʼs modern classic conjures the seedy glamour of the old music halls for an explosive...

A live performance of the play "Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare. Set in ancient Rome, leading citizens Cassius and Marcus Brutus are alarmed...

A young soprano becomes the obsession of a disfigured and murderous musical genius who lives beneath the Paris Opera House.

A fusion of film and theatre based on the play of the same title by Micomicon. The film shows the play and its creative process. After her mother's...

The ghost of the King of Denmark tells his son Hamlet to avenge his murder by killing the new king, Hamlet's uncle. Hamlet feigns madness,...